The Second Battle of Fallujah, initially codenamed Operation Phantom Fury, Operation al-Fajr (Arabic: الفجر, lit. 'The Dawn') was an American-led offensive...
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The Hindiya Barrage is a barrage on the Euphrates south of the town of Musayyib in Babil Governorate of Iraq. Located north of the Al-Hindiya District...
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dropped in Fallujah. It has been reported by Iraqis that the attacks usually come at night, in order not to be caught on video. Militants in Fallujah boasted...
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Anbar campaign (2013–2014) (redirect from Ramadi and Fallujah uprising)
took control of Fallujah, and there was heavy fighting in Ramadi. In March the Iraqi army secured Ramadi and attempted to regain Fallujah. In June, ISIL...
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2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency (section Battle for Fallujah and aftermath (November 2004 – January 2005))
so-called "Sunni Triangle", especially in Baghdad and in the regions around Fallujah and Tikrit. These consisted of small groups of suspected guerrillas firing...
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the Euphrates River Valley and the Sunni Triangle around the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi. Al Anbar, the only Sunni-dominated province in Iraq, saw little...
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110 kilometers (68 mi) west of Baghdad and 50 kilometers (31 mi) west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate which touches...
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around Fallujah since 17 May while Iraqi Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons destroyed an Islamic State bomb factory and rocket launchers in Fallujah, and condinued...
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Hell's Highway (disambiguation) Raate Road Operation Mersad Battle of Fallujah (2016) – At the end of this battle, U.S. and Iraqi forces performed a similar...
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Blackwater (company) (section Fallujah and Najaf)
to assassinate al-Qaeda leaders. On March 31, 2004, Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah ambushed two SUVs, killing the four armed Blackwater contractors inside...
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died while their Chinook was hit by a missile on November 2, 2003 near Fallujah, Iraq. He leaves behind his wife Jennifer Moss and daughter Marjani Natalya...
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Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) (section Fallujah)
in charge of Fallujah after the truce began to disperse and the city fell back under insurgent control. In the April battle for Fallujah, US troops killed...
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Thermobaric weapon (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
was used by the US Marines during the First Battle of Fallujah and the Second Battle of Fallujah. The AGM-114N Hellfire II was first used by US forces...
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suicide bombers killed two Iraqi army generals and three soldiers north of Fallujah. Maj. Gen. Abdul-Rahman Abu-Regheef, deputy chief of operations in Anbar...
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the Tigris–Euphrates river system. The Hindiya Barrage was followed in the 1950s by the Ramadi Barrage and the nearby Abu Dibbis Regulator, which serve...
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elements of the US forces deployed in both Huế and Fallujah. In his analysis of the Battle of Fallujah, Jonathan F. Keiler, a military historian and former...
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33. Lyman, Robert (2006). Iraq 1941: The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad. Campaign. Oxford, New York: Osprey Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 1-84176-991-6...
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originally shared by ISIS, and showed the execution of four gay men by ISIS in Fallujah, in Iraq. In the aftermath of the initial Hamas assault, witnesses from...
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as incendiary weapons during the Battle of Mosul and Second Battle of Fallujah in 2004. On the March 2005, Field artillery, a magazine published by the...
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(26 April 2024). "Ukraine withdraws Abrams tanks from front line amid barrage of drone attacks". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 April 2024. David Axe (26...
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insurgent munitions, hidden in caches throughout a large area south of Fallujah in the Euphrates River Valley. Marines of 1st Recon told military reporters...
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Lewis gun (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
128. Lyman, Robert (2006). Iraq 1941: The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad. Campaign. Oxford: Osprey. p. 26. ISBN 1-84176-991-6. Moloney...
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the Iraq War when four American contractors were killed in the city of Fallujah, then dragged through the streets and desecrated by an angry mob, direct...
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Baghdad. During this occupation, the Marines lead assaults on the city of Fallujah in April (Operation Vigilant Resolve) and November 2004 (Operation Phantom...
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effect against coalition forces and Blackwater mercenaries, as in the 2004 Fallujah ambush and 2004 Good Friday ambush. 2006 In July and August, Soleimani...
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U.S. airstrikes killed the commander of Daesh forces in Fallujah; Maher al-Bilawai in Fallujah. In late May, a U.S. special forces operator was indirectly...
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contractors belonging to the company Blackwater USA were killed by insurgents in Fallujah as they drove through the town. They were dragged from their car in one...
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lake, Lake Tharthar, was created through the construction of the Samarra Barrage, which was built in order to prevent the frequent flooding of Baghdad....
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strategic command to much of the sparsely populated area south and west of Fallujah. Their mission, however, changed when the major strategic actions began...
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Retrieved 14 July 2017. "Flexing New Authorities, US Military Unleashes Barrage on AQAP". Voanews.com. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August...
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